Good food ideas???

I'm sort of new to this website. I have yet to get weight loss surgery due to my insurance company running me around in circles. However, I would like to "attempt" to start losing weight. I know portion sizes, how to count calories, and things like that. However, I'm not losing any weight & I'm bored with the same old food ideas. I thought it would be nice to get some new food ideas from people who already have the lapband & have a far different diet routine than I do. I have seen a lot of people on here who know far more about what foods to eat, different things to keep you from getting bored, and what foods to stay away from. I'm eating in portions, exercising, and staying away from unhealthy foods. BUTTT I've only lost 7 pounds. I'm so frustrated. I knew this would be hard because of my medical problems, but I feel that only 7 pounds in almost 3 months is a complete failure. ughh.

Hi,

You can take a glance at the What Are We Eating Today posts.  Todays version is a few down from this one.

Please remember that you are not surgically altered so the very small amounts we eat would be very difficult for you to maintain yourself on.  Some people do a bariatric diet when they are attempting to lose weight without surgery, but it is often difficult.

I did this myself back in 2005 and within a year I had lost 132 pounds.  HOWEVER, my doc at the time, such a kind pill pusher, had given me Dextradine (read speed) for what he diagnosed as my "narcolepsy" that I never had.  So while I did lose weight on a bartiatric type diet, I did gain it back over the next 4-5 years.

Good luck!!

Donna

Here's a recipe I conjured up that I ran through the Calorie Counter database.  It came out to about 250 cals per serving.  It makes 6 small servings and everyone seems to love it...

 

YOU NEED:   2 TILAPIA FILETS  (or any mild white fish) 1 CAN DICED TOMATOES 1 CAN WHITE BEANS 1 WHITE ONION 1 BAKING POTATO 2 LRG TBS SOFRITO SEASONING SAZON GOYA SEASONING (1 PACKET) 1 TSP SALT ½ C WHITE WINE OLIVE OIL   DICE ½ WHITE ONION, ADD TO SAUTE PAN W/ OLIVE OIL.  SAUTE UNTIL CLEAR DICE POTATOES, ADD TO SAUTE PAN, COOK HALF WAY ADD SAZON, SOFRITO, WINE, SALT, TOMATOES W/ LIQUID CUT TILAPIA INTO 1" CHUNKS, ADD TO SAUTE PAN ADD BEANS W/ LIQUID   STIR OCCASIONALLY.  COVER AND COOK ON LOW FOR 20 – 30 MIN, UNTIL FISH IS COOKED AND POTATOES TENDER.  SERVE.

There is a recipe forum here but it's not very organized or try theworldaccordingtoeggface.com she has some great recipes.

Losing 7 pounds in almost 3 months is NOT a failure.

Food boredom is a problem for me, too. Fortunately I love to cook and experiment with food. If all you did right now was to eliminate soda, junk food, desserts, and fast food from your diet, you'd be ahead of the game and perhaps not completely bored with your "diet".

I also suggest that you start keeping a food log. OH has one - you'll find it in your Health Tracker. Sparkpeople.com and livestrong.com also have good food/exercise logs, and sparkpeople also has an extensive library of members' recipes and a recipe calculator so you can calculate the calories and nutrients in your own recipes.

For food ideas, in addition to the daily What Are We Eating thread and the wonderful eggface site, you can find recipes on my recipe blog at jeanslapbandjourney.blogspot.com. And in a few weeks, my new cookbook, Bandwagon Cookery, will be coming out, so watch for my Bandwagon banner ad at the top of the Lap-Band forum page.

Also, it might be worthwhile investing in 2 great books for eating after WLS: Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery and Recipes for Life After Weight Loss Surgery. And check out Chef Dave - he had RNY but his knowledge about cuisine and how to cook food that's friendly for WLS patients is fantastic. His web site is simplysmartfood.com.

Jean

Note: yes, I know this was a shameless plug for my cookbook, but the OP did specifically ask for food ideas, and my cookbook is one answer to that question.

You are a complete success. You wanted to lose weight and you lost 7 lbs. Hints from me, just off the cuff, watch your sodium in foods, eat more fruits and vegetables, replace high calorie items like mayo with lower calorie versions, drink more water, and work on one thing at a time, like this week I will buy several types of fruit, and see which ones I like the best. And most important, use positive self talk.  

Hislady is right. Eggface has great recipe's. So does Linda from EatingWellLivingThin:

eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/

Thanks for all the help guys

I guess I could have always googled food websites, but other people always know of better ones than I would have found.

Food boredom is a big problem for me. I think the main reason is that I don't know a lot of recipes to use that would be healthy. So I just eat the same things more than I would like to in a month. I am excited because I finally got into a dietician that my insurance company will hopefully approve. So hopefully she can give me insight as to things I could change up on my meal plan, and things like that. I think that the biggest problem for me is carbs. I try to avoid them yet when I count up the carbs at the end of the day its way higher than I would like. I avoid fast food, pop, junk food, or candy. If I do happen to drink pop on occasion it is diet, if I eat any type of junk it is in the form of 100 calorie snack packs, a small portion, or something like that. So hopefully the dietician will be able to look at my food diary and help me pinpoint areas that are not so healthy, or substitutes I could use from now on.  I just feel that I'm a beginner when it comes to properly planning meals. So I will definitely check out all these websites and go from there.